The Wellness Mama Podcast

Detox, Epigenetics, and Biohacking from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective With Ashley Beckman

Katie Wells/Ashley Beckman Episode 926

Episode Highlights With Ashley 

  • What are the foundational differences between Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine? 
  • It’s all about constitution in TCM and what the differences are here
  • What it might mean if you wake up at 3 am each morning 
  • The way TCM looks at taste and temperature of foods and supplements 
  • The elements and how they pertain to organs in TCM- and how they all show up
  • How to know what element/constitution you might be in TCM
  • A lot of women tend to be more earth-oriented in TCM
  • Understanding emotions in TCM 
  • What lung and skin issues are connected to in TCM and how this can relate to grief and sadness, especially in kids 
  • Liver health in a TCM perspective and ways to support yours- including why the liver needs movement like daily walking 
  • How fast-paced modern life and being out of alignment with nature stresses the liver 
  • Biohacking for women and how we might do this differently if we had a TCM perspective 
  • TCM: With every child, you give away half of your chi
  • Red meat is the most nourishing food to build up your chi 

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